Sustainability
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WATER STRATEGY
Water is crucial to Armstrong’s operations. To manage our use of water in a responsible and sustainable manner, we are systematically
reducing our consumption of this valuable
natural resource.
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ARMSTRONG’S WATER POLICY REQUIRES:
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- Measurement systems at all facilities for usage, disposal and evaporation;
- Quality management procedures to monitor the effects of recycling water;
- Goals to optimize water quality and reduce fresh water usage;
- Reporting progress against our goals to external stakeholders.
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Goal
Our goal is to reduce fresh water use 10% by 2015 using 2006 as a baseline.
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Water
Our Marietta, Pennsylvania and Macon, Georgia plants have reduced water use by 16% and 5% respectively.
- By understanding how water travels throughout these facilities, we found ways to reuse it. For example, instead of treating
all water that moves through the manufacturing cycle, we’ve pinpointed exactly where and when water needs to be treated. The
untreated water can be immediately re-circulated. This approach minimizes our need for “new” fresh water and we aren’t discharging
treated water back into the environment.
- By using simple, but effective, measurement tools like water stream mapping and level controls, we can better manage our fresh
water intake and minimize overflow waste. Our plants aggressively pursue recycling treated water that previously was discharged.
Our Ceiling Recycling Program has saved over 66 million gallons of water since its inception in 1999 which is the equivalent of more than six million loads
of laundry.
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